Vera Mikhailovna Sotnikova (Russian: Вера Михайловна Сотникова, born July 19, 1960) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter. Repeatedly she starred in television movies and television series.

She graduated from Moscow Theater Actor's School under Oleg Yefremov and became a notable Soviet actress appearing in more than 40 movie productions between 1983 and 2008.^[1]

She was involved with a Soviet rocker Vladimir Kuzmin for 7 years, producing a number of video clips for him.^[2]

She is currently working in various theatres in Russia and is quite active in the movie business as well. She is a virtual unknown in the West, however, since all her movie and television work targeted Russian audiences.^[3]

• The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) as Smirnov's girlfriend
• Courier (1986) as Natasha
• The End of Eternity (Конец Вечности) (1987) as Noÿs Lambent
• The Battle of the Three Kings (1990) as Rubina
• The Alaska Kid (1991) as Gina
• Breakfast with a View to the Elbrus Mountains (1992)
• Chivalric Romance (2000) as Countess Brigitta